Continental Drift Answers

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Which two continents contain fossils of Mesosaurus, an extinct reptile, in similar regions of Pangaea?

A
Africa and South America
B
Eurasia and Africa
C
Australia and Eurasia
D
North America and Australia
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Lystrosaurus provided which type of evidence supporting continental drift?

A
land features
B
fossil evidence
C
glacial evidence
D
climate change evidence
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In Wegener's view, what caused mountain ranges to form?

A
volcanoes
B
Earth shrinking
C
meteorite impacts
D
continents colliding
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Which source of evidence did Wegener use to support his theory of continental drift?

A
fossils found on Earth
B
magnetic fields of Earth
C
satellite mapping of the tropical islands
D
glaciers found near the poles
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What name did Wegener give to the single large landmass composed of all continents?

A
Eurasia
B
Gondwanaland
C
Laurasia
D
Pangaea
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What first caused people to consider that the continents were once one large landmass?

A
glacier evidence in warmer countries
B
continents looked like they fit together
C
studying the valleys of the ocean floor
D
similar fossils were found on many continents
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Which two pieces of fossil evidence support the idea of continental drift?

A
bacteria and petrified wood
B
Glossopteris and bacteria
C
Lystrosaurus and Glossopteris
D
petrified wood and Tyrannosaurus
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A plate moves south at a rate of 2 cm/year. How many meters south from its original location will the plate be in 4,000 years?

A
8,000 meters south
B
4,000 meters south
C
200 meters south
D
80 meters south
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A plate moving at a rate of 3 cm/year is moving toward a plate that is 1,500 km away. In how many years will the plates collide?

A
50,000,000 years
B
50,000 years
C
5,000 years
D
500 years
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South Africa's current climate is too warm for glaciers. According to the theory of continental drift, which statement best explains why evidence of glaciers appeared in South Africa millions of years ago?

A
Earth was covered in glaciers millions of years ago.
B
South Africa contained similar land features to Antarctica.
C
South Africa was closer to the poles and has drifted to its current location.
D
Glaciers moved southward over millions of years until they reached Antarctica.
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Which land feature supports the theory of continental drift?

A
canyons
B
volcanoes
C
coal fields
D
oceans
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A plate moves 200 m in 10,000 years. What is its rate in cm/year?

A
0.02 cm/year
B
2 cm/year
C
10 cm/year
D
100 cm/year
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What evidence of climate change on continents supports the theory of continental drift?

A
signs that glaciers existed in South Africa
B
similar coal fields on different continents
C
change in atmospheric temperature over time
D
same animal fossils found on different continents
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Which coastlines most closely match each other and are, therefore, used as evidence to support Wegener’s theory?

A
India and Eurasia
B
Australia and Africa
C
Africa and South America
D
Australia and North America
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Tropical plant fossils have been found in cold Arctic islands where they cannot survive in the present-day climate of this area. According to Wegener's theory, how were these ancient tropical plants able to survive in Arctic islands?

A
Plants were more adaptable in the past.
B
The poles of Earth were warmer in the past.
C
Arctic islands were closer to the equator in the past.
D
Land movements warmed the landmasses in the past.
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Which three continents contain coal fields that provide evidence for continental drift?

A
Africa, Antarctica, and North America
B
Eurasia, Africa, and South America
C
Antarctica, South America, and Africa
D
South America, North America, and Eurasia

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